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SunBrush mobil establishes joint service and sales office in Western Cape with AVANT South Africa

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With immediate effect, solar park operators and operation and maintenance companies from South Africa and Namibia can purchase SunBrush® mobil solar PV cleaning equipment made in Lachen, Germany, with the matching loader vehicles from Finnish manufacturer Avant Tecno. For this purpose, SunBrush® mobile has opened a joint service and sales location in the Western Cape with Avant Tecno’s sales partner Avant South Africa.

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SolarReserve and ACWA Sign PPA for 100MW Solar Thermal Project with Energy Storage in South Africa

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As part of the South African Department of Energy’s Renewable Energy Independent Power Producer Procurement Programme (REIPPPP), a consortium led by SolarReserve and International Company for Power and Water (ACWA Power) have signed a 20-year power purchase agreement with Eskom, South Africa’s public electric utility company, for the Redstone Solar Thermal Power Project.

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Solar Finance Solutions Africa to bridge funding gap for solar and energy storage projects in Sub-Saharan Africa

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Solarplaza’s Africa-featuring event series returns for the sixth time to help Africa get one step closer to viable generation and consumption of sustainable energies.

Project manager for the Africa-EU Renewable Energy Cooperation Programme (RECP), Ina de Visser, recently said in an interview with global events organizer  Solarplaza, that project developers in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) states are confronted by profound difficulty in financing commercial and industrial projects, whereas lenders in the region claim that they fail to source bankable projects.

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Abengoa’s KaXu Solar One: First commercial concentrated solar plant launched in South Africa

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Abengoa, the international company that applies innovative technology solutions for sustainability in the energy and environmental sectors, and state-owned financier, the Industrial Development Corporation (IDC), together with KaXu Community Trust have launched a 100 MW solar plant near the town of Pofadder (Northern Cape Province), capable of providing clean and sustainable power to approximately 80,000 homes in South Africa.

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